Sherlock

Ok, I will do that next time it happens.

No I didn't check that. Thanks for the tip. I'll try it and see if that fixes it.

Ok, just like everybody else, I really had no idea how to get this thing to fly without the nose constantly bobbing up and down. I read "hold the trim while manuevering, release when stable". Is that right? Cus It really seems to make a huge difference. Why does the helo seem so controllable with the trim button depressed? What does holding it do the stability systems? Also, a little hint for FFB joystick users- If you think about it, you can't have ANY curve in your axis. Why? Because after you trim, your joystick is not centered and toward the extents will actually exaggerate your movements. For example, in trimmed level flight the joystick is well forward of center, so the slighest movement will actually exaggerate the pitch movement causing MORE oscillations than a joystick with a linear curve. My suggestion is to leave the curve completely linear, and turn down sensitivity to 70% or so. *It would be nice if ED would change how this worked for FFB joysticks, and apply the curve to the trimmed position rather than center, so the above problem doesn't happen and would allow finer control over the cyclic. BTW, I am a real-world private pilot (fixed), and have spent about 20 minutes at the controls of a friends Hughes 500- helis are incredibly hard to fly. My brother actually had, er, *relations* with his girlfriend while flying a 172. Doing that in a heli would be utter suicide.

I'm not sure of that- that could very well be the reason. I wasn't really noticing alt, but I was fairly low. I've found a few times the buttons won't turn back on though. Odd huh? As for the instant action thing, I would love for somebody to explain that. Can i post screenshots?

Yeah, they're off. I have to click them on again. I have noticed something else that drives me nuts- I have been using "Instant Action" to test my joystick settings because it's quick, however something is totally different- Auto hover doesn't work, and if pull up the ctrl-Enter joystick window, the default position of the joystick is way up and too the left as opposed to center over the crosses. Resetting trim puts it back there. It's really screwy.

Hi, I am finding sometimes I'll look down at the autopilot and the 3 lights that are supposed to be on will be turned off. When would these lights shut themselves off? Also, It's kind of neat that you can walk around after ejecting. Is there any way to do this without ejecting? Would be neat to "pre-flight" the aircraft, or I guess I should say goof around and check out the impressive modeling. I should note I am having a HELL of a time with flight control/trim understanding. I have a Logitech Force 3D pro, and I have spend alot of time trying to figure out the best axis settings, but it is still incredibly twitchy, and with the above problem I seem to be getting worse, not better. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks! That's perfect. I've noticed too that after I take over a training mission the mouselook is enabled, and the little cursor is there, so I can click stuff without going back to non-mouselook. Is that a bug or a different view?

Hi All, I'm new to the forum and just picked up the boxed version of BS. Let alone the complex nature of the simulator- I am having trouble even figuring out the views. It seems sometimes in the training missions (after they complete and I take over) the mouse will move the view around. I like this, but it seems I can't figure out how to do it sometimes if it's not on by default? Also, is there a free flight mission where I can just sit on the ramp and play with the cockpit (narrowly avoided the inuendo there :) )? Thanks